ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Feature Film in the Works

According to digitalspy.com, Britain's Jennifer Saunders has confirmed that she will be 'definitely doing' a full length feature film based on the BBC TV series 'Absolutely Fabulous'. In a recent interview with New York magazine, Sanders revealed, "I'm aiming to shoot this in a beautiful part of the Riviera. I fancy the south of France in the spring."

The BBC sitcom recently aired the first of three new 'Absolutely Fabulous' TV specials on Christmas Day. Saunders, who created the show, only recently decided to bring it back to TV after she heard co-star Joanna Lumley announce that the show would be returning. Said Sanders, "It was mainly because she announced it that we did it. She said, 'Darling, I told them in New York that you're going to do a few more'. I said, 'Oh, well, got to tell the BBC'.

The second of the 'Absolutely Fabulous' specials is set to air on New Year's Day, with the third installment airing sometime in 2012.

'Absolutely Fabulous', also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by the 53-year old Jennifer Saunders and is based on an original idea by her and Dawn French. Saunders, who plays the leading character on show, pens the scripts as well.

The show also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. The series features Saunders as Edina Monsoon, an alcoholic, drug-abusing PR agent who spends her time chasing bizarre fads in a desperate attempt to stay young and "hip". Edina is joined in her quest by magazine editor Patsy Stone, her best friend and enabler, whose drug abuse, alcohol consumption, and promiscuity far eclipse Edina's comparatively mild self-destructive behavior.

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